Thursday, October 28, 2010

Common English Bible 2011

On Tuesday I received a printed copy of the entire New Testament out of the new Common English Bible (or CEB) that is due out in 2011.

I was pleased to see these names on the list of translators: John J. Collins, David deSilva, Beverly Gaventa, Joel Green, Christopher B. Hays, Richard Hays, Luke Timothy Johnson, and Rob Wall.

There are some great Lucan scholars here!

Though I doubt they will take any suggestion I make into consideration, I do look forward to reading it and making comments.

I'll probably read Luke-Acts in its entirety. Maybe 1 Corinthians, John and the Apocalypse as well.

I'll read Matthew's Sermon on the Mount. And I'll probably read choice passages in Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, Colossians, Hebrews, and the Pastorals.

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Man! There are a lot of footnotes to 1 Timothy 2!